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Monday, September 21, 2009

Alternative to "Black Boxes" Takes Flight

Air France crash renews interest in real-time flight-data reporting systems.

There are an estimated 10 000 planes in the air around the world at any given time and only so much spectrum available. And no one single band of spectrum would be ideal. While planes might make do with a VHF band over land, those flying over oceans rely on more expensive satellite communications.

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